Shoulder Prolotherapy Injection Technique

Posted on Posted in Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD, Teaching Techniques, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD As with other joints in the body, Prolotherapy is routinely the preferred treatment option for chronic shoulder pain/injury. Prolotherapy can be used successfully for treating most chronic injuries of the shoulder including rotator cuff injuries and tears, arthritis, sprains, and AC separation. Prolotherapy is 85-90% successful in stimulating healing of more »

A Retrospective Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic in Rural Illinois

Posted on Posted in Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Ross A. Hauser, MD & Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD ABSTRACT The optimal long-term, symptomatic therapy for chronic shoulder pain has not been established. Accordingly, we investigated the outcomes of patients undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for unresolved shoulder pain at a charity clinic in rural Illinois. We studied a sample of 94 patients with an average more »

Road to Prolotherapy: An Athlete’s Prolotherapy Story

Posted on Posted in Michelle Murphy, Remarkable Recoveries, Volume 1 : Issue 2 : May 2009

By Michelle Murphy ABSTRACT I am a long distance runner, who, over a number of years, developed sacroiliac joint pain, iliotibial band problems, piriformis syndrome, patella femoral syndrome, and pain all along my entire right side. I had sought out treatment as these problems progressed in severity, from both the allopathic community as well as extensive more »